Today's announcement that an X-Factor game is launching later this year could help gamers in the Saturday night battle for TV control. After all a session on an X-Factor game is likely to be more appealing to non-gamers than, say, Red Dead Redemption. Ok, that's about as positive as I can be about this announcement. The game is coming out for Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 in October or November and will involve lots of singing. Georg Larch, the marketing director or publisher Deep Silver is excited:
The X Factor is a truly global brand which is instantly recognisable to thousands of gamers and TV fans around the world. With the developer, Hydravision Entertainment, Deep Silver will be creating a game that is a true adaptation of the show from the hilarity of the auditions to the excitement of the live show; we will be testing the singing skills of the player and will feature the sharp critique of the judges.
Details of how the game will work – will it run with Singstar and Lips mics for example? – remain to be seen. Maybe the Wii Balance board will get a look in? Whatever happens you imagine the developers will make achievements and trophies easy to get and so help pull in more reticent traditional gamers. Anyway, what do you think then? Reckon an X-Factor game will do well?
